I have one station that will not take the new policy after migration and still has folder redirection pointing at the old server, still showing old server mapped drives not the new updated ones. I've tried everything short of removing and re-adding to the domain. If I do a gpupdate /force it asks to log off and I do that and log back in with no change. I have rebooted and logged out/in many many times.
Any suggestions on what else to try?
Check the event logs for policy-related errors. From an elevated command prompt run:
REG ADD "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CSC\Parameters" /v FormatDatabase /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
and after this reboot and check the logs again. If it still does not work you have several options:
Thanks! Am I running these on the server or the workstation?
I am seeing this on the workstation:
Failed to apply policy and redirect folder "Desktop" to "\\SERVER2016\Folder Redirection\bsoriano\Desktop". Redirection options=0x1031. The following error occurred: "Failed to redirect because the destination directory "\\SERVER\Folder Redirection\bsoriano\Desktop" is offline". Error details: "The network path was not found.
Subsequent errors mention each subdirectory. Have you seen that before? Possible the source ion the old server is inaccessible?
You run this on the workstation. The SBS must be online to complete transfer of Redirected Folders.
The SBS 2012 is still online. Just have to figure out why the maps are still pointing to the old server and not updating on this one but I will work on that issue.
Thank you thank you thank you!
Just an FYI in case anyone else comes across, I found the issue with the old drive mapping was an old script in the NETLOGON that was erasing all the GPO drives and creating the old maps. In case anyone comes across it's another place to look and potentially change/update during a migration.
Also, the command above seems to have fixed the folder redirection issue on the workstation. I also ran another command at the same time then rebooted so I'm not sure which one fixed it but it is working on the workstation now.
The second command I ran was:
Right! I would delete all scripts from the Netlogon share and keep them in a place and understand what they did. Drive Mappings are no longer done by logon scripts but with Group Policy preferences, see read Using Group Policy Preferences to Map Drives Based on Group Membership | Ask the Directory Services Team
Thank you Mariëtte!
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